Olympic champion Lin Dan and world number one Lee Chong Wei moved one stepcloser to a meeting after they each booked a quarterfinal berth at the China Masters badminton super series here on Thursday
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China's Lin Dan returns a shuttle during men's singles second round match against Hsieh Yu-hsin of Chinese Taipei at 2009 China Badminton Masters Super Series in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 17, 2009. Lin won 2-0.(Xinhua/Chen Qi)
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CHANGZHOU, Jiangsu Province, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Lin Dan and world number one Lee Chong Wei moved one stepcloser to a meeting after they each booked a quarterfinal berth at the China Masters badminton super series here on Thursday.
Beijing Olympics and world champion Lin beat Hsien Yu Hsin of Chinese Taipei 21-15, 21-19 after Malaysian ace Lee Chong Wei sailed past Rajiv Ouseph of England 21-15, 21-8 in just 26 minutes.
Lee, Beijing Olympics runner-up, said he hoped to face Lin.
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Malaysia' Lee Chong Wei competes during men's singles second round match against England's Rajiv Ouseph at 2009 China Masters in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Sept. 17, 2009. Lee won 2-0.(Xinhua/Chen Qi)
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"I was doing well today and I wished I could carry on the form to go further in the top half," said the 27-year-old. "Hopefully Ican play Lin Dan in the semifinals."
In the mixed doubles, China captured seven of the eight spots in the third round.
As South Korea's top seed and Beijing Olympics winners Lee YongDae and Lee Hyo Jung pulled out of the event due to Lee's injury, Ko Sung Hyun/Ha Jung Eun became the sole non-Chinese pair in the third round after overcoming fellow South Koreans Shin Baek Cheol/Jang Ye Na 21-23, 21-11, 21-16. They next meet Beijing Games bronze medallists He Hanbin/Yu Yang.
In women's singles, world number one Zhou Mi from Hong Kong, China raced to win the second round 21-7, 21-17 over Japanese Shizuka Uchida but Hong Kong's Wang Chen retired due to knee injury, sending 19-year-old Malaysian Golden Grand Prix winner Wang Shixian into the third round.
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China's Lin Dan returns a shuttle during men's singles second round match against Hsieh Yu-hsin of Chinese Taipei at 2009 China Badminton Masters Super Series in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 17, 2009. Lin won 2-0.(Xinhua/Chen Qi)
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China's Chen Zhiben(above) and Zhang Jinkang compete in their mixed doubles match against their compatriots Lu Kai and Bao Yixin at 2009 China Masters in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Sept. 17, 2009. Chen/Zhang won 2-0.(Xinhua/Chen Qi)
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Zhou Mi of Hong Kong, China returns the shuttle during women's singles second round match agasint Shizuka Uchida of Japan at 2009 China Badminton Masters Super Series in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 17, 2009. Zhou Mi won 2-0(21-7, 21-17).(Xinhua/Chen Qi)
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Park Sung Hwan of South Korea competes during men's singles second round match against Hu Yun of Hong Kong, China at 2009 China Masters in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Sept. 17, 2009. Park Sung Hwan won 2-0.(Xinhua/Chen Qi)
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